Journal ArticleDOI
Adjunct Instruction: A Conceptual Model for Actualizing the Potential
Waldo C. Klein,Daniel Weisman +1 more
TLDR
In this article, a comprehensive framework is provided that highlights key issues and provides guidelines for developing a plan to support the coherent use of adjunct instruction in social work education, with special attention to potential advantages and disadvantages that are inherent.Abstract:
Abstract The use of adjunct instruction in social work is examined with special attention to potential advantages and disadvantages that are inherent. A comprehensive framework is provided that highlights key issues and provides guidelines for developing a plan to support the coherent use of adjunct instruction in social work education. The framework is organized around four basic components: (1) recruitment and orientation; (2) development and training; (3) retention issues; and (4) overall management of a pool of adjunct faculty. Because the use of adjunct instructors represents a valued opportunity to bring current practitioners into the classroom and is likely to increase in the coming years, a structured approach to utilizing adjunct instructors is especially relevant to social work and social work education.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Faculty with Practice Experience: The New Dinosaurs in the Social Work Academy?.
Yvonne M. Johnson,Shari Munch +1 more
TL;DR: Two parallel trends in the social work academy have the potential to threaten the existence of faculty with practice expertise, resulting in a paucity of tenured/tenure-track practice teaching faculty who are involved in decisions related to curriculum development, tenure and promotion, and research.
Journal ArticleDOI
Do Regular Social Work Faculty Earn Better Student Course Evaluations Than Do Adjunct Faculty or Doctoral Students
TL;DR: A comprehensive analysis of the course evaluations obtained from a large urban school of social work in the Southeast over a 3-year period, covering 294 courses, failed to locate any systematic investigations published on the topic of evaluating the quality of teaching provided by adjuncts or doctoral students.
Journal ArticleDOI
Adjuncts in Social Work Programs: Good Practice or Unethical?
TL;DR: In this article, the benefits and detriments for adjuncts, programs, and students in schools of social work are reviewed, and social justice issues are explored with respect to adjuncts and nontraditional students.
Journal ArticleDOI
A Multi-faceted, Adjunct-Centered Initiative to Support Part-time Faculty
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explore the creation of a multi-faceted, adjunct-centered initiative for part-time social work instructors at a large, urban public university, and discuss the existing literature on perceptions of adjunct instructors across various constituencies, address issues around the inclusion of adjuncts in the faculty community, and share obstacles encountered and lessons learned in their endeavor to bolster programmatic support for adjunct instructors.
Journal ArticleDOI
Improving Teaching: Training Program for Social Work Adjuncts
TL;DR: This article offers a model for adjunct training that has been quite successful in one school of social work and details as to the format and content of the training and some data on its effectiveness.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Segmented Labor Markets in Institutions of Higher Learning.
TL;DR: In this paper, an application of segmented labor market theory to the work domain of college and university teaching is presented. But, the authors focus on those in the external labor market who teach outside tenure or tenure-stream appointments.
Journal ArticleDOI
The use of adjunct faculty: an exploratory study of eight social work programs
TL;DR: Students regard adjunct faculty as somewhat less effective teachers than full-time faculty, but appreciate their expertise on contemporary or specialized practices; administrators appreciate the financial benefits and flexibility associated with adjunct instruction; and the adjuncts themselves appreciate affiliation with academic programs.
Journal ArticleDOI
Effective Teaching as Construed by Social Work Students
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss social work students' personal impressions of teaching effectiveness and use Kelly's repertory grid for eliciting and evaluating the criteria for effective teaching held by four undergraduate students.
Journal Article
Many Colleges Fill Vacancies with Part-Time Professors, Citing Economy and Uncertainty about Enrollments.
Journal ArticleDOI
Recognizing Mutual Interests.
TL;DR: One of my favorite Rutgers anecdotes involves an instructor who was engaged to teach a class of thirty-five students, but it turned out to enroll eighty-five, and the department offered her extra money for such a large lecture rather than split it into two sections for a double salary as mentioned in this paper.